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OPCW Designated Laboratory

A laboratory authorised by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to conduct official CWC verification analysis. Must pass biennial proficiency tests on Schedule 1, 2, and 3 chemicals in complex matrices. The network includes approximately 20 laboratories globally, including DSTL (UK), ECBC (US), DRDE (India), FOI (Sweden), and Spiez Laboratory (Switzerland).

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IMPA (isopropyl methylphosphonic acid)31P NMRAcetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitionAChE (acetylcholinesterase)Alpha spectrometryChemical Weapons Convention (CWC)DRDE GwaliorNovichokNovichok (A-series)Nuclear forensicsOCAD (OPCW Central Analytical Database)Polonium-210 (Po-210)

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